diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.h
index 9cb3f44bc76cd19654011f03b8f3b6afec91b0c4..b084830a61cf51adbe40b8461fc28510dd13bd5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ enum cmd_templ {
 #define WL1271_COMMAND_TIMEOUT     2000
 #define WL1271_CMD_TEMPL_DFLT_SIZE 252
 #define WL1271_CMD_TEMPL_MAX_SIZE  512
-#define WL1271_EVENT_TIMEOUT       1500
+#define WL1271_EVENT_TIMEOUT       5000
 
 struct wl1271_cmd_header {
 	__le16 id;